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ProcessTamer / Have different Force levels if different users are running a process

« on: October 11, 2006, 06:30 PM »

I run Process Tamer on my web and mail server as I have a lot going on on my 450mhz server!

I run it as a service so that it has control over all apps even those which are services them selves and running as SYSTEM.
One of the things I want is for PT to keep certain parts of the server available where as others can be pushed right down to the bottom of priority and can just wait. I have perl.exe which runs on three different occasions. One it runs as SYSTEM and I want it to go to below normal priority. One it runs as Administrator and I want it to run on Low priority, and one it runs as the Internet User and I want that to have Above normal Priority.

Is this something you might be able to create functionality for? As it is I can only set one rule, which means I just have to decide which one is best over all.

Thanks
Ben

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ProcessTamer / Processes running as IUSR_SERVER

« on: May 01, 2005, 03:58 PM »

Has anyone discovered how to get Process Tamer to be able to control processes which are run by the IUSR_SERVER user which is the anonymous internet user. I have processtamer running as a system service, so under the SYSTEM user, which i would have thought would be able to change the priority of those processes, as it is able to change the priority of processes running as Administrator.

PT is running as SYSTEM, and works well with other processes running as SYSTEM. If a process is running as ADMINISTRATOR its process priority is modified initially, but if it gets changed for whatever reason, it is not automatically reset to the priority PT is meant to force it to. Is there a reason for this? With processes running as SYSTEM, if their priority is manually changed, PT will automatically force it back to the set priority.

I am also unclear as to whether it is meant to be able to alter the priority of processes running as NETWORK SERVICE.

Any thoughts on any of these?

Cheers,
Ben

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ProcessTamer / perl.exe

« on: April 11, 2005, 05:50 AM »

Process tamer doesn't appear to change the priority of perl.exe when it runs. However, i can't do it manually either. Does anyone know why i can't do it at the moment, and whether there is some way to enable processtamer to successfully change the priority of perl.exe.

Thanks
Ben